Franz Jarnach (14 October 1943 – 16 January 2017), also known by his

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Mr. Piggi, was a German actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Schildkröte in the improvisation comedy series '' Dittsche''. He appeared in the series 217 times between 2004 and 2016. He was a

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for the 1960s British

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. He appeared on the music program ''

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'' with the group twice. He was also a member of the rock band

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during the early 1990s. Jarnach was born in

Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg () is a borough () of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are still used as br ...

, today a district of

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

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. His father,

Philipp Jarnach Philipp Jarnach (26 July 1892 17 December 1982 in Börnsen) was a German composer of contemporary music ("Neue Musik"), pianist, teacher, and conductor. Jarnach was born in Noisy-le-Sec, France, the son of a Spanish sculptor and a Flemish mothe ...

(1892–1982), was a noted composer. Jarnach died from a

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on 16 January 2017 in

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. He was 73.

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